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UNITED STATESr PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. COOK, OF EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB J. VVISEMAN, TRUSTEE, AND EDWARD J. VAUGHN AND GEORGE D. LOCKE, SUCCESSORS IN TRUST. OF J ERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

CSH-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

vPateicited. Dec. 19, 1905.

Application filed February 2,1903. Serial No. 141,491..

T0 all 1.077.077@ t 717,04/ con/cern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. CooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at East St. Louis, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usevful Improvement in Cash-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cash-register, although in using this word I do not wish to be understood as coniining it toits ordinary signiticance. I use the term ina broad sense to indicate my apparatus or an apparatus containing any of my several devices, although I do much more than would be done by a mere cash-register.

My invention has for some of its objects to keep the cash i'n the register beyond the control of the operator except as to the change;

to automatically determine the change and discharge it; to compute the change, although the receipts may be made in a series and the purchases indicated in a series; to indicate the total cash in a given receiver, the amount put into the machine, the total sum of several amounts put into the machine by tlie purchaser, the amount of the purchase and the total sum of several purchases made at the same time by the same purchaser, such several pur.- chases being registered separately or as a total; to indicate the remainder, or the amount of change due such purchaser; to producevarious other results and to employ various other movements or motions, as are hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

I wish it understood that what I have illustrated and hereinafter described is not to be taken as the sole form of my invention, but rather as in a sense a diagrammatic illustration of the various features and devices which may or may not be used altogether for the purpose of making up a complete machine.A Some of my several features are capable of more or less independent action and are capable of being combined with some or all of the other features shown or with still other features not here shown.

I have illustrated in a diagrammatic way an application of my invention in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is an elevation of the coin end of my device on the side where the operator stands. Fig.. 2 is a like elevation of the bill end of my device. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3, Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 3, showing only a part of the mechanism. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the discharge-wheel. Figs. 7and8are plan views of the shaft and associated parts of the calculator. Figs. 9 to 17, inclusive, are details of the resetting and coupling devices on the call culating-shaft. Figs. 18 and 19 are details of the resetting device on the calculating-shaft for resetting the ten dollar, twenty dollar, and fifty-dollar disks. Figs. 2O to 30, inclusive, ar.e details of the disks of the calculator. Fig. 31 is a detail on line 3131, Fig. 5. Fig. 32 is an end view of the bill mechanism with the outside casing removed. Fig. 33 is a sectional plan view on line 33 33, Fig. 32. Fig. 34 is a detail of the substituting mechanism for substituting paper dollars and silver doll lars on a section made at line 34 34, Fig. 33. Fig. 35 is a section on line 35 35, Fig. 34. Fig. 36 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the devices shown in Fig. 34 on a section made at line 36 36, Fig. 33. Fig. 37 is a section on line 37 37, Fig. 36. Figs. 38 and 39.are details of silver-dollar index. Figs. 40 and 41 are details of paper-dollar index. Fig. 42 is a detail section on line 42 42, Fig. 4, showing the nickel-deficiency index. Fig. 43 is a detail section on line 43 43, Fig. 4. Fig. 44 is a detail view showing the fifty-,dollar index. Fig. 45 is a detail section on line 45 45, Fig. 33. Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the iigures. l

Referring to Fig. 3, A is the case which incloses the mechanism. A is the drawer, provided on its lower side with a ratchet A2, which is associated with one end of a pivoted lever A3, the other end of which is provided with an upwardly-projecting rod A4, which is attached to a lever A5, pivoted at Aand which may carry at its other end the roller A7. This roller bears against a cylinder A8, which is notched at A to receive the end of (or in this case the roller A7 on) the lever A5. The cylinder is mounted on the short shaft A19, which carries the ratchet-wheel Au, associated with the dog A12. When the coin-discharge rod D moves forward and fails to push out a coin, then the pivoted lever A13, connected with the quarter-discharging device, as shown in Fig. 42, will remain at rest, as indicated in Fig. 4. If a coin is pushed out, it will be rocked on its IOO pivot by the edge of the coin encountering in its passage the roll O. (Shown in Figs. 4 and 34.) When, however, it remains at rest, it f will be because there is no coin in the receiver associated with such moving dischargerod D. Mounted on the coin-discharge rod is a little pivoted lever A11, one end of which carries, preferably, a roller A15 in the path of the lever A13 and the other end of which carries the hook A10. In the case shown in Fig. 4 the hook A10 will engage the upper end of ,the pivoted link A17 and rock it on its pivot,

thusl rocking the shaft A15, -which carries the arm A10, connected with the dog A12` and thus carry forward the pivoted dog A12, which engages the teeth of the ratchet-wheel A11, and thus rotates the same and its shaft. shaft is mounted the deficiency-indicator index wheel or cylinder A5, which is carried around by this action, so as to indicate the vnumber of times that the coin-discharger has ine'liectually worked, thus indicating the number of coins of that specific variety which are deficient. The rotation of this cylinder AS will of course act upon the roller A7 in the vend 'of the lever A5 and depress the same, thus l'indicate the amount lacking.

depressing the rod or link A1 and with it the time, it being understood that some of the parts referred to will be described further on, operate as follows: The drawer being closed and the machine ready for operation the money will be put into the machine and the 'various operations will be had, which have 4for their object to discharge .the proper amount of change. The operator now pulls y out the drawer to get the money, and if the proper change is in the machine he will find it in the drawer. If he does not find it in the drawer, he will find by the operation of the mechanism last described that he cannot push the drawer in, and therefore will know not only by an examination of the coin, but by the condition of the machine, that there is adeiiciency in change. The deficiency wheel or wheels will indicate how many coins and of y what particular variety are deficient, or the wheels might be lettered or figured so as to These are details which can be varied at will.

I will now describe the mechanism by which the coins received are inserted in the machine,

and I particularly refer to parts shown in Figs.

' 3, 4, 34, and 42. B is a coin-receiver, in connection with which the coin-dischargcr and the On thisv of the receiver is an opening B, which serves as a receiving and discharging opening for the coin in such receiver. The receiver is suitably mounted on a standard B2 within the case and preferably is provided at the bottom of the aperture B' with a discharging-ledge B5, which is adapted to discharge into the drawer. Above the draweris mounted the cash-inserter, in this case a coin-inserter. This coin-inserter consists of a tray B1, (shown in Figs. 3, 4, 34, and 42,) pivoted at B5 B5 and slotted at B0 and provided with a spring B7, (found on Figs. 4 and 34,) which tends to move it up into the position indicated in Fig. 3. Associated with 'this tray is a slide B8, provided with a thumbpiece B0, a rear hook B10, which takes over a fixed hook B11, a downwardly-depending part B12, which is pivoted to the rod B15, and a retracting-spring B11. The slide rests upon the tray, and when the tray is lowered at its forward end by rocking on its pivot B5 the slide is carried down and the hooks B10 and B11 are disengaged, and the operator can push the coin i'n by moving the slide forward against the action of the spring B11, which subseq uently retracts it. Thus when a coin is placed in the tray and pressure is applied to the thumbpiece B0 the irst tendency will be to rock the tray on its pivot B5 and force it down so that the coin will be opposite the receiving-opening of the coin-receiver, and then by continuing the pressure on this thumb-piece the slide will move forward into the slot, thus pushing the coin in beneath the other coins in the receiver. When this action is completed and the parts released, the springs B7 and B11 will restore the parts to their normal position. (Shown in Fig. 3.) Thistray and slide and associated parts I have described as'the cash- 'inserter. In connection with bills I show elsewhere a different form of cash-inserter, though both are included under the general title cashinserter. The particular form just described might be called a coin-inserter. I will now refer particularly to Figs. 7, 8, 1

to 30. The rod B13 is connected with the lower end of the rocking lever C, pivoted at C', to the Lipper end of which is attached the ratchetbar G0, held down in position by means of the spring (15, which is attached to both the ratchetbar and the lever. This ratchet-bar engages the teeth of a ratchet-wheel C1 on the sleeve C5 on the shaft C0. The ratchet-teeth on the ratchet-bar 'G0 are cut away at C7. It will be understood that there are a series of these constructions and that these cut-away portions C7 vary in length. The arrangement is such that the cut-away portions C1 of the devices are made to correspond to the value of the coin introduced, and therefore when a IOO IIO

coin is forced in by its coin-inserter its bar'B13 is moved inwardly and the several parts operated, so that the sleeve C5, which is wloose on the shaft, is rotated a certain predeterdeiiciency-indicator operate. At the bottom l mined distance appropriate to the value of ciated with each of said selector-wheels.

the coin introduced. On this sleeve are fixed a series of selector-wheels G8, C, C10, Cu, C12, (113,(3, C15, Cl, C, and C18, (see Figs. 20 to 30,) there being' one such selector wheel for each denomination of money for which the machine is adapted and one cash-inserter with associated rod, lever, and rack-bar for each cash-receiver. Thus whenever any cash is inserted and a cash-inserter is operated the result will be that the associated section of the sleeve with its selector-wheels will be rotated and the particular selector-wheel associated with the cash-inserter will be brought to the proper position, as hereinafter explained. These selector-wheels are associated with cashreceivers-Cs with the penny-receiver, C with the nickel-receiver, Cu with the receiver of quarters, &c. The sleeve C5 is divided up into sections, one section carrying the selectorwheel CS, the next the selector-wheels C0 to C12, inclusive, the next the selector-wheels C13 to C15, inclusive, and the next the selector-wheels C1 to G18, inclusive. These several selectorwheels and their associated parts just described are operated whenever money is inserted in the machine for the purpose of bringing' the several selector-wheels to a certain position, dependent upon the amount of money so introduced, and dependent also upon the number of coinsor bills introduced and their respective denominations. I shall now describe the manner in which this is brought about, leaving the object of such arrangement to be developed later. When a certain amount is received, the coin-receiving device is operated as suggested and the parts associated with such coin-receiving device will operate to cause one of the ratchet-bars C2 to move. This ratchet has a certain number of its teeth removed, and so will tend to turn its associated selector-wheel a certain predetermined distance. For example, if a penny is put into the machine it will operate to turn the selectorwheel CS a distance of one projection. In Figs. 2O to 30 the selector-wheels are shown in their normal positions. and if a penny be so inserted as suggested lthe selector-wheel G8 will be moved in the direction indicated by the arrow C19 on the body of the wheel one projection. In like manner if any coin-as, for instance, a dime or dollar-be inserted its associated selector-wheel will be made to rotate in the same direction an amount dependent upon the value of the coin, and so the selector'- wheels will be brought, as indicated, each to its proper position and away from its normal position by the introduction of a coin assonow tive pennies be put in successively, obviously the wheel C8 (shown in Figs. 7 and 20) will be moved five projections, so that it will have made one-quarter of a revolution, and the point C20, which for convenience I will call the zero-point, of such wheel under normal conditions will have moved around,

and the point C21 will be in the vertical'line below the axis of the wheel, the position formerly occupied by the point C20. This, however, should and in my apparatus does carry forward the nickel-wheel, so as to bring its first projection C22 into what I will call the operative position. By the operative position of these several projections and points on these several wheels I mean that position which will enable the wheel to become effective in carrying out the operation hereinafter to bedescribed.

I will now describe the mechanism by which the motion of the wheel GS is transmitted to the wheel C. (Shown in Figs. 7 and 9 to 17.) Mounted on the first section of the sectional sleeve C5, which carries the penny-wheel CS, is a disk consisting of the hub portion C23, the body portion C2i, and the rim C25. This rim C25 has at intervals of ninety degrees teeth C2, arranged in pairs. Obviously, as the section of the sleeve C associated with the wheel C8 moves with such wheel,as described.as the pennies are introduced it will carry thisdisk around ninety degrees in the direction of the arrow in Fig. l1, and when the five pennies have been introduced it will carry it tothe point where the next pair of teeth will engage and rotate the pinion C27 until the parts assume a position like that indicated in Fig. ll. This pinion is mounted on the shaft C28, which is supported on the arms C2, mounted on a projection @Boon the flat disk C31. This disk has an upwardly-projecting arm O32, which passes through a slot in the guide-bar C33. (Shown in Fig. 3.) On the opposite side of this flat disk C31 is adisk C34, (shown in Figs. 7 and 9,) keyed to the next section of the sleeve C5. The outer edge of this disk is provided with a series of notches C35 C35, there being twenty of such notches, which are adapted to receive the teeth C36 on the pinion C27. These several teeth and notches may be variously arranged; but the intention is to adjust or cordinate them, as indicated, so that when the first section of the sleeve shall have rotated one-quarter of a circle the next section will be rotated one-twentieth of a circle.

The parts above referred to will be found in connection with Figs. 7, l1, and l2, as well as elsewhere.

The devices illustrated in Figs. 9, lO, 11, l2, and 13 are those associated with the ICO IIO

penny-Wheel C8, and such as are adapted to transmit the motion imparted to this wheel and its sleeve-section to the next sleeve-section, which will carry the nickel-wheel, dimewheel, quarter-wheel, and half-dollar wheel, or the wheels or disks indicated in Figs. 21, 22, 23, and 24 as C, C10, C, and C12, respectively. Inside the bodj7 portion C24 is the arm C37, keyed to the shaft C and carrying the pivoted dog C38, which is associated with a spring C39 to force one end outwardly and with a cross-pin C40 on its other end. Onthe inside of the outer rim C are the notches C, l

arranged at intervals of ninety degrees and adapted to receive one end of the dog C, while the pin C40 projects outwardly into the path of the boss C'L2 (shown in Fig, 13) on the disk C31. rlhis boss is provided with a cam portion C43, which when it receives the pin C projection C22 to the operative position. At

the same time it is obvious that the wheel for dimes will have moved the same distance as the wheel for nickels; but the Zero point or ysection Gt4 of the dime-wheel is two-twentieths of a circle, and therefore the dime-wheel will be still on the last half of its first Zero-section. If now ve more pennies be put in,the penny-wheel will come to its third Zero-point U45, (shown in Fig. 20,) the nickel-wheel will come to its zero-point C, and the dime-wheel will come to the tirst half of its lirst operative section )47. 1n like manner if the several steps be followed out it will be found that however the wheel of Fig. 20 may be manipulated by the successive introduction of pennies the correct amount of motion will be imparted tothe several wheels in the next section of the sleeve, or to the wheels G, 010,011, and C12, and so, also, if motion be imparted to any of the wheels C, C, C, or C12 the correct amount of motion will be imparted and the action of the other parts will not be interfered with. The arrangement of the operative and zero sections of the several wheels is such as to bring about this result.

Referring now to Figs. 14 and 15, they represent the coupling device betweenvthe second and third sections of the sleeve C", and this device differs in some details from the coupling device last described and which connects the first and second sections of the sleeve Ci. The particulars in which this coupling differs from the others will be noted. The teeth which engage the pinion C27 instead of being arranged in four groups are to be found only in one group or pair, and the boss C, corresponding to the boss C, is varied from the cam portion C43 by the extension of the cutaway portion, so as to leave the projecting cam-surface C4g as indicated. Within the rim C25 there is but one notch C instead of four, as shown in the rim illustrated in Fig. 12.

IThe action between the two sections of the sleeve is the same, except as modified by these differences just suggested,

Referring now to Figs. 16 and 17, which represent the coupling device connecting the third and fourth sections of the sleeve C5, we iind a construction similar to that of Figs. 14 and 15 and Figs. 12 and 13, and l will point out the peculiarities. The teeth C26 are arranged in two groups or pairs, the notches C on the inside of the rim C25 are only two in number, and the cut-away portion C43 on the boss C4t2 is extended to cover about onehalf of the same. Here again these parts are adjusted so as to convey the 'proper motion from the third to the fourth section. Near the outer extremity of the last or fourth section of the sleeve (shown in Figs. 8, 18, and 19) is a second disk-like part, similar to that illustrated in Fig. 9. It has a hub portion C5", the body portion C51, and the rim G52, and is keyed to the sleeve. Beyond this disk-like part is the fiat disk C53, having the arm C, which projects up through an opening in the guide-bar (533 (shown in Fig. 3) in a manner similar to that of the part C32. On this upwardly-projecting portion or near the rim of the disk C53 is the stop C55, which is adapted to engage a projecting portion C56 of the rim C52 and limit its motion. is a resetting-dog, like those illustrated in Figs. 12 and 14, but the inner part of the rim has only one notch (141 as is' the case in thev device of Fig. 14.

The operation of the several devices now described and their cumulative effect is such as in response to the insertion in the Inachine of a series of coins or bills to bringthe several disks or Wheels C8 to C18, inclusive, into such positions as that their peripheries will be arranged so that their projecting portions or Zero-sections will be arranged along a hori- Zontal line-for example, in such a way that they will represent the total sum of money put into the machine for the purpose of the next step in its operation. Thus if we accept, as in the case here illustrated, a horizontal line substantially vertically beneath the axes of these wheels as the line along which they are to produce their operative effect we find that if nothing has been put into the machine all these wheels will stand in the normal position and present a continuous line along their Zero-surfaces parallel with their axes and at the closest approach thereto. If now one penny be inserted, the wheel C8 will move one point, and this line will be interrupted by a one-point projection on that wheel, and so on, until the fifth penny is introduced, when this wheel will again pass to zero; lout the nickel-wheel will move around so that its projection C22 will project beyond the line, and thus stand for a nickel. As previously described, this process of inserting pennies may be continued, the sum total of such pennies being represented by the several wheels up to wheel C12. Se, also, if nickels, dimes, quarters, or half-dollars be introduced they will be Within the rim C52 IOO 

